Nathan Weinberg at InsideGoogle (a great blog I recently discovered) adds to the growing concerns with GWA, realizing that Google is essentially privatizing the Web through their vast cache of sites:Google has essentially decided to make "an extra copy" of…
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Google Web Accelerator: Pros & Cons
Google Labs released Google Web Accelerator (GWA) today, software you download to your computer which utilizes Google servers as a proxy for web content, delivering the pages to your system more rapidly and making your browsing experience more efficient. From…
How “search” is redefining the Web — and our lives
The Seattle Times had an article this weekend on "How 'search' is redefining the Web — and our lives." It is a well-written piece and provides a succinct history of the search engine industry, but ,as is typical, these kinds…
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Google TrustRank
Google registered a trademark for the word "TrustRank," as Search Engine Watch and Google Blogoscoped discuss. I agree with the speculation that TrustRank sounds like a more social variant of the link-based PageRank algorithm Google relies on for search results.…
Yahoo Turns Over E-Mail Account Of Marine Killed In Iraq
Yahoo has reached a settlement with the family of a deceased Marine over access to the data in his Yahoo! accounts. I originally blogged this story here, and a related post on the ethical issues that confront companies like Yahoo…
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Google’s My Search History
Google has released a beta version My Search History to enable you to “find information you thought you lost.” After you login using your Google Account (e.g., your Gmail login), a search history link will be added to the upper…
IBM to Help UAE Track Drivers on the Road
InformationWeek reports that IBM has made a $125 million deal to build an automobile-monitoring system and install a device in cars to track drivers in the United Arab Emirates. The technical details:CERT Telematics has committed to buy at least 100,000…
The Power of Google AutoLink
Following up on the Google AutoLink debate, I came across this post by Internet protocol expert Scott Granneman. Scott's main complaint with AutoLink is that user's have little or no control over the ways in which AutoLink directs web traffic…
Blurring of Search Results and Ads
One of the things Google brags about with its Adsense and Adwords programs is the high relevancy of the ads placed alongside its search results. Their logic is that the more relevant the ads are to the search, the less…
Black box data ownership in North Dakota
One of the concerns regarding new information technologies used in cars is the ownership of the data. This is a particular concern in the case of black boxes, systems that record pre-accident vehicle data, mostly for the benefit of insurance…
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